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Chapter 3 Vocab Flashcards

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Hydrocarbons

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organic compounds consisting on of carbon and hydrogen, can exist as unbranched or branched chains, or a rings

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Isomers

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1 or 2 or more chemical compounds having the same chemical formula but different structural formulas

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Structural Isomers

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1 or 2 or more chemical compounds having the same chemical formula but differing in the covalent arrangement of their atoms (glucose and fructose)

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Geometric Isomers

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1 or 2 or more chemical compounds having the same arrangement of covalent bonds but differing in the spatial arrangement of their atoms or groups of atoms

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Enantiomers

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2 isomeric chemical compounds that are mirror images

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Hydrocarbons

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an organic compound composed solely of hydrogen and carbon atoms

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Hydrophobic Interactions

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the tendency of hydrophobic substances to cluster together due to strong cohesive interactions among surrounding water molecules

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Functional Group

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a group of atoms that confers distinctive properties on an organic molecule to which it is attached

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Hydrophilic

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water—loving

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Methyl Group

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a nonpolar functional group; abbreviated -CH3

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Hydroxyl Group

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polar functional group; abbreviated -OH

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Carbonyl Group

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a polar functional group consisting of a carbon attached to an oxygen by a double bond; found in aldehydes and ketones

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Aldehyde

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an organic molecule containing a carbonyl group bonded to at least 1 hydrogen atom on the end of the carbon skeleton

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Ketone

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an organic molecule containing a carbonyl group bonded to 2 carbon atoms, internal

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Carboxyl Group

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a weakly acidic functional group, abbreviated -COOH

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Amino Group

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a weakly basic functional group; abbreviated -NH2

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Phosphate Group

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a weakly acidic functional group that can release 1 or 2 hydrogen ions

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Sulfhydryl Group

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functional group abbreviated -SH; found in organic compounds called thiols

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Macromolecules

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a very large organic molecule, such as a protein or nucleic acid

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Polymers

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a molecule built up from repeating subunits of the same general type (monomers); examples includes proteins, nucleic acids, or polysaccharides

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Monomers

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a molecule that can link with other similar molecules; 2 monomers join to form a dimer. Small sugars or amino acids or large tubulin or actin

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Hydrolysis Reaction

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break with water

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Condensation Reactions

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reaction in which 2 monomers are combined covalently through the removal of the equivalent of a water molecule

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Carbohydrates

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compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, in the approximate ration of C:2H:O (sugars, starch, cellulose)

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Monosaccharides

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a sugar that cannot be degraded by hydrolysis to a simpler sugar (glucose and fructose)

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Glucose

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a hexose aldehyde sugar that is central to many metabolic processes

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Disaccharide

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a sugar produced by covalently linking 2 monosaccharides

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Glycosidic Linkage

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covalent linkage joining 2 sugars; includes an oxygen atom bonded to a carbon of each sugar

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Polysaccharide

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a carbohydrate consisting of many monosaccharide subunits

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Starch

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a polysaccharide composed of alpha glucose subunits; made by plants for energy storage

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Amyloplasts

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colorless plastid that forms and stores starch

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Glycogen

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the principle storage polysaccharide in animal cells; formed from glucose and stored primarily in the liver and, to a lesser extent, in muscle cells

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Cellulose

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insoluble polysaccharide composed of many joined glucose molecules

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Chitin

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a nitrogen-containing structural polysaccharide that forms the exoskeleton of insects and the cell walls of many fungi

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Glycoproteins

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a protein with covalently attached carbohydrates

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Glycolipids

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a lipid with covalently attached carbohydrates

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Lipids

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any of a group of organic compounds that are insoluble in water but soluble in non polar solvents; lipids sere as energy storage and are important components of cell membranes

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Triacylglycerols

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the main storage lipid of organisms, consisting of a glycerol combined chemically with 3 fatty acids

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Glycerol

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a 3-carbon alcohol with a hydroxyl group on each carbon; a component of triacylglycerols and phospholipids

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Fatty Acid

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a lipid that is an organic acid containing a long hydrocarbon chain

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Ester Linkage

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covalent linkage formed by the reaction of a carboxyl group and a hydroxyl group

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Monoacylglycerol

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lipid consisting of glycerol combined chemically with single fatty acid

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Diacylglycerol

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lipid consisting of glycerol combined chemically with 2 fatty acids

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Saturated Fatty Acid

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contain the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms

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Unsaturated Fatty Acids

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1 or more adjacent pairs of carbon atoms joined by a double bond

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Monounsaturated Fatty Acid

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fatty acid with 1 double bond

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Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid

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fatty acid with more that 1 double bond

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Amphipathic Lipids

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one end is hydrophilic and the other end is hydrophobic

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Phospholipid

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lipids in which 2 fatty acids and a phosphorus-containing group are attached to glycerol; major components of cell membranes

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Carotenoids

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a group of yellow to orange plant pigments synthesized from isoprene subunits; include carotenes and xanthophylls

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Retinal

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visual pigment derived from vitamin A; present in eyes of insects, mollusks, and vertebrates

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Steroid

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complex molecules containing carbon atoms arranged in 4 attached rings, 3 of which contain 6 carbon atoms each and the 4th of which contains 5

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Proteins

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a large, complex organic compound composed of covalently linked amino acid subunits; contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfer

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Enzymes

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an organic catalyst (protein) that accelerates a specific chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy required for the reaction

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Amino Acids

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an organic compound containing an amino group and a carboxyl group; may be joined; may be joined by peptide bonds to form a polypeptide chain

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Alpha Carbon

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asymmetrical carbon in an amino acid to which an amino group, a carboxyl group, a side chain, and a hydrogen are covalently bonded

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Essential Amino Acid

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an amino acid that must be provided in the diet because the body cannot make it or cannot make it in sufficient quantities to meet nutritional needs

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Peptide Bond

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a distinctive covalent carbon-to-carbon nitrogen bond that links amino acids

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Dipeptide

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when 2 amino acids combine

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Polypeptide

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a long chain of amino acids

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Primary Structure

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the sequence of amino acids, joined by peptide bons

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Secondary Structure

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a regular geometric shape produced by hydrogen bonding between the atoms of the uniform polypeptide backbone

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Alpha Helix

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a regular, coiled type of secondary structure of a polypeptide chain, maintained by hydrogen bonds

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B-Pleated Sheets

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a regular, folded, sheet like type of protein secondary structure, resulting from hydrogen bonding between 2 different polypeptide chains or 2 region of the same polypeptide chain

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Tertiary Structure

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the overall 3-dimensional shape of a polypeptide that is determined by interactions involving the amino acid side chains

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Quaternary Structure

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the overall conformation of a protein produced by the interaction of 2 or more polypeptide chains

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Molecular Chaperones

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proteins that help other proteins fold properly. Although chaperones do not dictate the folding pattern, they make the process more efficient

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Domain

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structural and functional region of a protein

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Phosphodiester Linkages

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covalent linkage between 2 nucleotides in a strand of DNA or RNA; includes a phosphate group bonded to the sugars of 2 adjacent nucleotides

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